toxeth and lympstone changing places Flashcards

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where is Lympstone

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on the beast of the river exe around 15km south of Exeter. near Exeter airport, in Devon

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where’s Toxteth

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liverpool, part of inner Liverpool around 1.5km south of the city centre

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physical/nature Lympstone

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  • occurs on a small valley cut by wotton brook, through the red breccia cliffs
  • extensive tidal mudflats extended out into a estuary
  • few km to the sea
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physical/nature Toxteth

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  • next to the river mersey and flows into Liverpool bay
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past/historic lympstone

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  • saxons established it
  • ownership of the area transferred to a succession of French families
  • by the 13th century it was one of a number of small ports
  • maintained strong links to the sea as shipbuilding thrived into 19th century
  • in 1840 many tourists/wealthy famailes moved to lympstone
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past/historic toxteth

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  • lots of riots
  • Saxons established the settlement and given to king John
  • it was given to knight, Roger of pictou after the Norman conquest, king John then took control of the area in 13th century where to became hunting ground for royals
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present day demographic population lympstone

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  • in 1961 the population was around 1600 and has then gradually increased
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present day demographic population toxteth

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  • unemployment+racism
  • 37.5% unemployment rate in 2010
  • younger demographic with few elderly residents
  • majority of residents between 16-64
  • ethnic profile become more divers
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socio economic lympstone

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  • in lympstone 98.9% of people are white
  • over half of the people follow christianity with 42% not following one at all
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socio economic toxteth

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  • 2/3 children live in poverty
  • new big Tesco has provided over 100 new jobs
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culture lympstone

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  • the rhythm of the cultural year is a long established one based upon the christian year
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culture toxteth

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  • major muslim festivals such as Eid and Ramadan
  • toxteths cultural diversity stretches back to 19th century
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census lympstone

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  • around 2,325 people
  • 984 households
  • most houses detached
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census toxteth

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  • 78% of people white, 6% asian
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political lymsptone

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  • has a parish council with eleven elected people serving on the body. the parish council has various powers and duties all focused on local matters
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political toxteth

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  • diminished council budgets
  • part of Liverpool city council
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built environment lymstone

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  • undergone some changes in its built enviornment
  • former low order shops have closed and been converted to residences
  • some new housing has been constructed including large houses on cliff tops on the village periphery
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built environment toxteth

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  • the built environment has been adapted by migrant communities
  • mosques and ethnic retailers show change in place
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shifting changing flows ideas lympstone

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  • the shift in national economy have had greater effect on lymsptone than toxteth
  • the meteroloigcal office moved from reading to exeter in 2003 and at the time was the single largest move of IT equipment in Europe
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shifting floes changing ideas toxteht

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  • loss of employment in the docks as manufactuing jobs which has effected all of Merseyside
  • many people in toxteth worked in the docks is the changing industries has led to unemployment